Pancreatitis that is on going

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I too have had similar episodes and similar experiences at the ER.

Go when in extreme pain, run bloodwork, fill you up with pain meds

and then send you home. I'm sure you know the drill by now. I too

have had barely nothing show up on all my tests (ERCP, MRCP, x-

ray). Then last year they kept on seeing a small stone in the bile

duct and my primary doc and I both thought that it was the cause of

my ongoing symptoms. I had already had a biliary sphincterotomy.

So I went back to the GI specialist and he did another ERCP to

remove the stone and flush the bile duct. When I woke he said he

found nothing and he hadn't a clue why I was getting more atacks.

So I sought out this group and went to a highly recommended doc. He

found out that my pancreatic duct has very high pressure and doesn't

open and close properly to let out the panc juices, therefor I come

down with pancreattis. I was treated with another sphincterotomy

and temporary stent. It seems to help for a little while, but now I

still am back to having pain again. The current treatment seems to

be pain meds, and panc enzymes, and possible further stenting. My

primary doc seems to think that my body is forming small stones in

the bile duct and then they are getting caught temporarily at the

opening near the panc duct causing an attack of pancreatitis. So I

guess I have the 2 things going on (the small stones and high

pancreatic duct pressure). Hope some of this helps.

Kris in TN